The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.

Presenter and former England football captain Gary Lineker follows in the footsteps of his grandfath...

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Amanda Knox served four years in an Italian prison for the murder of her British flatmate Meredith K...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer...
On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...
Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll,...

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...

A documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers never heard from before: Bla...

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

A found footage / object film: the colorful 1960s in Italy, a joyful time, live-giving coating of bo...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest miss...